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by Lonewolfie
Wed 10 Dec, 2014 11:34 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 10th December 2014
Replies: 149
Views: 52932

Re: Wednesday 10th December 2014

After yesterday's news from the US, does anybody out there still think the Labour party picked "the wrong brother" as leader? Every time an obvious right-winger goes on about how Ed is the wrong brother, I always think "Yeah, wrong for you." The Iraq War association would have p...
by Lonewolfie
Wed 10 Dec, 2014 10:10 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 10th December 2014
Replies: 149
Views: 52932

Re: Wednesday 10th December 2014

Morning all...not sure if this has been mentioned/linked before...surely this sort of chicanery will have consequences for Gidiot? 'Chancellor George Osborne is sitting on a £30 BILLION National Insurance surplus while struggling families turn to food banks to feed their children, it has been reveal...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 08 Dec, 2014 11:03 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 8th December 2014
Replies: 226
Views: 62766

Re: Monday 8th December 2014

There are currently many tweets with the #CameronMustGo but it's no longer 'trending'. I tweeted a comment last night asking if #CameronMustGo had been nobbled and it was retweeted a few times so I clearly wasn't alone in wondering. Jon Swindon (who started the #webackEd and #CameronMustGo twitter ...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 08 Dec, 2014 9:36 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 8th December 2014
Replies: 226
Views: 62766

Re: Monday 8th December 2014

Morning all. Isn't the CofE traditionally known as the Tory party at prayer? Yes - but the Coalition of Clowns are not Tories - they're a different kind of disconnected management-speak regurgitators...they are right about every single little thing and everyone who opposes them is a big fat bully w...
by Lonewolfie
Thu 04 Dec, 2014 1:41 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 4th December 2014
Replies: 134
Views: 35990

Re: Thursday 4th December 2014

Morning. My entry for Simon Mayo's "Three Word Thursday" on Radio 2: Fucking Alan Titchmarsh. Who is, and what with? Apologies ladies and gentlemen, I had no wish to poison your minds with such images. I should have said: Alan Fucking Titchmarsh and shown you this: http://www.mirror.co.uk...
by Lonewolfie
Thu 04 Dec, 2014 12:16 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 4th December 2014
Replies: 134
Views: 35990

Re: Thursday 4th December 2014

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/11272814/PM-attacks-BBC-over-Wigan-Pier-cuts-coverage.html Quick BBC, daddy's cross. Better get a picture of Miliband looking stupid to distract the dogends. A bit like being savaged by a wet lettuce leaf (or was it a dead sheep) but :rofl: any...
by Lonewolfie
Thu 04 Dec, 2014 12:12 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 4th December 2014
Replies: 134
Views: 35990

Re: Thursday 4th December 2014

Wow - hadn't heard that name in the conspiracy-world lists...it's in other news feeds now, but no further detail yet.
by Lonewolfie
Thu 04 Dec, 2014 12:04 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 4th December 2014
Replies: 134
Views: 35990

Re: Thursday 4th December 2014

Morning all... Edit to add - In fact, the hat in the avatar is a genuine reversible Cuban beret :rock: That's a fabby avatar Wolfie. Beret apart (and it's a corker) - look into my eyes, my eyes, my eyes, 1, 2, 3, .... you're not under, are you? Morning all. I was going more for a 'head above the pa...
by Lonewolfie
Thu 04 Dec, 2014 12:02 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 4th December 2014
Replies: 134
Views: 35990

Re: Thursday 4th December 2014

NonOxCol wrote:Morning.
My entry for Simon Mayo's "Three Word Thursday" on Radio 2:
Fucking Alan Titchmarsh.
Who is, and what with?
by Lonewolfie
Thu 04 Dec, 2014 12:01 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 4th December 2014
Replies: 134
Views: 35990

Re: Thursday 4th December 2014

Morning all... I saw a bit on here about Cuba last night....I'd like to add my appreciation and respect for Castro and Cuba along with others here :) They are, of course, only slightly more people-centric than Britain from 1945 to 1979...but they were able to resist the Neo-Liberal coup (mostly as ...
by Lonewolfie
Thu 04 Dec, 2014 9:27 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 4th December 2014
Replies: 134
Views: 35990

Re: Thursday 4th December 2014

I knew there was something else - Chris Bryant to DCMS - well done again, Mr Ed - another snub to the waning power of the Murkydochian bag of putrid bile...and well done Lucy Powell - I believe tm that'll be Mr Ed doing something along the lines of 'Thanks for getting me elected Labour Leader - we k...
by Lonewolfie
Thu 04 Dec, 2014 9:06 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 4th December 2014
Replies: 134
Views: 35990

Re: Thursday 4th December 2014

Not sure if anyone's posted this yet...

http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g7350

...further proof (if needed) of the abject failure of the inhuman IDS/Fraud (UNUM/ATOS) project.
by Lonewolfie
Thu 04 Dec, 2014 9:02 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 4th December 2014
Replies: 134
Views: 35990

Re: Thursday 4th December 2014

Morning all... I saw a bit on here about Cuba last night....I'd like to add my appreciation and respect for Castro and Cuba along with others here :) They are, of course, only slightly more people-centric than Britain from 1945 to 1979...but they were able to resist the Neo-Liberal coup (mostly as C...
by Lonewolfie
Tue 02 Dec, 2014 10:19 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Replies: 155
Views: 44480

Re: Tuesday 2nd December 2014

From today's Mirror, more pieces in the jig saw ? John Allen, 73, and Michael John Carroll, 66, were friends when they were abusing youngsters North Wales and London respectively in the 1980s Council documents reveal how Carroll, right, used to visit Allen, left, at his children's home. Two notorio...
by Lonewolfie
Tue 02 Dec, 2014 10:09 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Replies: 155
Views: 44480

Re: Tuesday 2nd December 2014

Morning all...long time no comment due to #CameronMustGo fixation (I don't say much but find myself just watching the timeline as it grows :) ) Interesting piece I caught on R4 Toady this morning - George Sorryass now seems to think that economic theory might not be all that great - so in steps Ms S...
by Lonewolfie
Thu 27 Nov, 2014 11:09 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 27th November 2014
Replies: 254
Views: 60496

Re: Thursday 27th November 2014

Thank you both, Ephie and Citizen JA - this (I believe TM ) is what is so fantastic about this place. What a week for Dodgy Dave :lol: There's the debate re the CSA Inquiry this afternoon, too... http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/backbench-business-committee/...
by Lonewolfie
Thu 27 Nov, 2014 9:21 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 27th November 2014
Replies: 254
Views: 60496

Re: Thursday 27th November 2014

Morning all! I'm finding #cameronmustgo very cathartic - just watching the entries come in is heartening in itself without the added bonus of being able to metaphorically shout at OGRFG - nice to see that the majority of so-called 'public opinion' relied upon by the MSM is whatever the elite decide ...
by Lonewolfie
Tue 25 Nov, 2014 12:29 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Replies: 257
Views: 81464

Re: Tuesday 25th November 2014

No idea - it's a 'word' that has lingered around since I first heard it and been use countless times by me when struggling for a real word to describe a curmudgeonly old fart who bores people witless droning on about the whole Thatcher-Ray-guns-Murkydochian con trick and how easily things could be d...
by Lonewolfie
Tue 25 Nov, 2014 11:29 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Replies: 257
Views: 81464

Re: Tuesday 25th November 2014

Morning all. Another week of these figures and the MSM will have a problem keeping their narratives vaguely plausible to the electorate. If it highlights how partisan the media are that's a bonus. I suspect the 'Vote UKUP Get Labour' narrative will come back to the fore. I do get the feeling no-one...
by Lonewolfie
Tue 25 Nov, 2014 11:15 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Replies: 257
Views: 81464

Re: Tuesday 25th November 2014

I find the phrase ' collapse in Tory vote' remarkably comforting :clap:
by Lonewolfie
Tue 25 Nov, 2014 10:52 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Replies: 257
Views: 81464

Re: Tuesday 25th November 2014

Don't worry about Twitter question...held my breath and just went for it!
by Lonewolfie
Tue 25 Nov, 2014 10:43 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Replies: 257
Views: 81464

Re: Tuesday 25th November 2014

Morning all...everything seems to be a bit brighter this week...the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter :) I've no idea who these people are, but they're quite sneery about those on #cameronmustgo... 'Among the posts are several based on solid factual evidence' http://www.theweek.co.u...
by Lonewolfie
Sat 22 Nov, 2014 2:01 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 22st & Sunday 23rd November 2014
Replies: 291
Views: 91889

Re: Saturday 22st & Sunday 23rd November 2014

Mask-a-pony...OK, I won't let the door smack me on the a*** on the way out.
by Lonewolfie
Sat 22 Nov, 2014 2:00 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 22st & Sunday 23rd November 2014
Replies: 291
Views: 91889

Re: Saturday 22st & Sunday 23rd November 2014

Not sure if this has been linked....but some fairly damning stuff... “The actions of the fake sheikh are more far-reaching than phone hacking,” Mark Lewis, a lawyer representing some of Mr. Mahmood’s targets, said in an email. “People’s lives have been ruined. People have been sent to prison for com...
by Lonewolfie
Sat 22 Nov, 2014 12:48 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 22st & Sunday 23rd November 2014
Replies: 291
Views: 91889

Re: Saturday 22st & Sunday 23rd November 2014

Where you left it!
by Lonewolfie
Sat 22 Nov, 2014 12:48 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 22st & Sunday 23rd November 2014
Replies: 291
Views: 91889

Re: Saturday 22st & Sunday 23rd November 2014

Afternoon all...haven't posted this week (It's brilliant in here and I feel my current mood would have appeared too obsessive) and I'm going to try to post today without mentioning the unspeakable inhuman actions of a few (As you'll see from below, it hasn't worked). Now then....White Van Dan? FFS.....
by Lonewolfie
Mon 17 Nov, 2014 3:35 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 17th November 2014
Replies: 186
Views: 60525

Re: Monday 17th November 2014

In other news (not that far removed, though :) )... http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/rupert-murdochs-news-corp-cops-major-investor-revolt-20141117-11ohmg.html "This kind of governing structure may be exactly what we'd expect in Cuba or North Korea, but it is at odds with good ...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 17 Nov, 2014 11:22 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 17th November 2014
Replies: 186
Views: 60525

Re: Monday 17th November 2014

What's that you say....30 years? What could have happened 30 years ago, I wonder? From June/July, so may well have been linked already...I would put money in it not having made it into the MSM, though :o http://rt.com/uk/167008-poverty-doubles-uk-economy/ “The Coalition government aimed to eradicate...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 17 Nov, 2014 11:13 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 17th November 2014
Replies: 186
Views: 60525

Re: Monday 17th November 2014

I am very partial to steak and kidney pudding - oh dear :) Not keen on kidneys...Have made steak and stilton. Very tasty, but I had severe heartburn for weeks.... Liver and bacon, steak and kidney pudding style, is absolutely delicious. Honestly! Can I just say how offal that sounds? (I'll get my c...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 17 Nov, 2014 11:12 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 17th November 2014
Replies: 186
Views: 60525

Re: Monday 17th November 2015

That man (IDS) is in the Guardian again, telling us that: non-English-speaking children are changing the character of British schools, and that: an academic report setting out the billions of pounds that EU migrants had added to the economy was “silly” because it only looks at immigration in terms ...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 17 Nov, 2014 10:16 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 17th November 2014
Replies: 186
Views: 60525

Re: Monday 17th November 2014

Morning all...stayed away over the weekend in the vain hope of being able to avoid thinking about the implications of the latest allegations (well...allegations that have been around for 30 odd years, but ignored :fire: ) wrt child abuse - it didn't work - found myself talking to incredulous listene...
by Lonewolfie
Fri 14 Nov, 2014 10:40 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 14th November 2014
Replies: 214
Views: 67208

Re: Friday 14th November 2014

Don't know if we've already done this and it's listed as "sport" rather than "politics" most places, but I'm full of admiration for Jessica Ennis on doing what she feels is right here http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/olympic-champion-jessica-ennishill-threatens-to-r...
by Lonewolfie
Fri 14 Nov, 2014 9:54 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 14th November 2014
Replies: 214
Views: 67208

Re: Friday 14th November 2014

Mark Ferguson @Markfergusonuk · 1h 1 hour ago Well @montie might not be defecting to UKIP, but he's scathing about Cameron - "a cuckoo in the nest" http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2014/11/ten-reasons-why-i-wont-be-joining-ukip.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);r...
by Lonewolfie
Fri 14 Nov, 2014 9:42 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 14th November 2014
Replies: 214
Views: 67208

Re: Friday 14th November 2014

I'm not sure if this has been linked before...is it wrong to giggle a little bit at the comments?

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehous ... ic-figure/
by Lonewolfie
Fri 14 Nov, 2014 9:37 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 14th November 2014
Replies: 214
Views: 67208

Re: Friday 14th November 2014

The revealing term here for me is "top dog". The baying establishment hounds will always see the world like this, never understanding Ed Miliband's approach to leadership as empowering others to change. It's almost as if they (the MSM and the political class/establishment) actually believ...
by Lonewolfie
Fri 14 Nov, 2014 9:21 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 14th November 2014
Replies: 214
Views: 67208

Re: Friday 14th November 2014

http://www.cityam.com/1415931745/political-comment-ed-miliband-isn-t-prime-ministerial-and-it-could-win-him-election? Critics will scoff at the notion that some people make better Prime Ministers than others, but put a group of people in a room and someone will always emerge as top dog. Typically, ...
by Lonewolfie
Fri 14 Nov, 2014 9:00 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 14th November 2014
Replies: 214
Views: 67208

Re: Friday 14th November 2014

The SNP attacked the Tories and used the threat of Tory governments at Westminster to bolster the Yes vote - so why are they so hell bent on helping a Tory government win next year ? Is smashing Labour more important to them than the effect on the lives of UK people under a Tory government ? http:/...
by Lonewolfie
Fri 14 Nov, 2014 8:40 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 14th November 2014
Replies: 214
Views: 67208

Re: Friday 14th November 2014

'General elections as I repeatedly observe are not decided by national party aggregate vote shares but by the outcomes in 650 separate constituency elections fought under first past the post. Voters are not being asked to choose a Prime Minister or a party but an individual who will represent the a...
by Lonewolfie
Fri 14 Nov, 2014 8:18 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 14th November 2014
Replies: 214
Views: 67208

Re: Friday 14th November 2014

OK…a (notso) serious question. I'm confused (stop sniggering at the back!). The opinion polls at the 2010 General Election (and indeed the vote itself) are broken down thus… Tory 35% Labour 30% LD 24% Others, incl. UKIP, 10% …IMHO that's 35% + a couple for right wing parties and 54% for left, (appro...
by Lonewolfie
Thu 13 Nov, 2014 12:33 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 13th November 2014
Replies: 209
Views: 64596

Re: Thursday 13th November 2014

em27.PNG Apparently the speech was pretty damn good - can't find link to text yet, but if https://twitter.com/hashtag/6monthstowin?f=realtime&src=hash is anything to go by, I'd say someone's just fired the starting gun to the election :) Almost as if he'd planned it that way :o :D ...and Hi, Mo...
by Lonewolfie
Thu 13 Nov, 2014 10:13 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 13th November 2014
Replies: 209
Views: 64596

Re: Thursday 13th November 2014

StephenDolan wrote:Morning all.

Those OJ tweets are slightly strange. Does he want the Labour Party to change from within or is he leaning towards the Russell Brand 'none of the above, but get organised, energised and active in local issues'?
It's not as coherent as Russell Brand!
by Lonewolfie
Thu 13 Nov, 2014 10:01 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 13th November 2014
Replies: 209
Views: 64596

Re: Thursday 13th November 2014

In a spat on twitter last night, I came across this journalist & a Scottish Labour MP. Which journo said to MP: Stephen. People like you have nearly exterminated the Labour Party in Scotland. I'll listen to you when you learn humility. How rude, how incredibly patronising ! Ahhh, I hear you say...
by Lonewolfie
Thu 13 Nov, 2014 9:53 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 13th November 2014
Replies: 209
Views: 64596

Re: Thursday 13th November 2014

I don't what it is about the CSA Inquiry and some MPs - as we know, Danczuk is pretty much the leading Red Tory, Tom Watson is a bit of a renegade but they are well and truly on the case wrt Survivors (apart from TWs Twitter faux pas - he insulted a high profile Survivor)...and Charlotte Leslie - ho...
by Lonewolfie
Thu 13 Nov, 2014 9:12 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 13th November 2014
Replies: 209
Views: 64596

Re: Thursday 13th November 2014

Morning ! Peter Jukes ‏@peterjukes 7h7 hours ago Fake Sheikh commissioned PI through Ian Edmondson to follow Tom Watson at 2009 party conference http://fothom.wordpress.com/2014/11/13/fake-sheikh-commissioned-pi-through-ian-edmondson-to-follow-tom-watson-at-2009-party-conference/ This is all going ...
by Lonewolfie
Thu 13 Nov, 2014 8:56 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 13th November 2014
Replies: 209
Views: 64596

Re: Thursday 13th November 2014

Heard an ad for a programme on Radio 4 that said Labour's front bench had been critical of Ed's leadership last week, words implied all of Labour's front bench. I admit I was a bit distracted last week but don't think that was true ? Well if you listened to or read the MSM, the only reason Mr Ed su...
by Lonewolfie
Thu 13 Nov, 2014 8:05 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 13th November 2014
Replies: 209
Views: 64596

Re: Thursday 13th November 2014

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ed-miliband-goes-on-the-offensive-to-win-back-wavering-voters-9857234.html ed-miliband-goes-on-the-offensive-to-win-back-wavering-voters Although it's good to see some vaguely positive reporting I find it galling in the extreme that the language is all ...
by Lonewolfie
Thu 13 Nov, 2014 7:47 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 13th November 2014
Replies: 209
Views: 64596

Re: Thursday 13th November 2014

Morning all...many thanks to those who tried to introduce some clarity into my confusion around the unemployment figures - basically I think it's as I suspected - no-one in the Coalition of Clowns really knows or is that bothered, as long as they can shout playground slogans about a pretend fact.......
by Lonewolfie
Wed 12 Nov, 2014 1:34 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 12th November 2014
Replies: 182
Views: 56398

Re: Wednesday 12th November 2014

Afternoon all...just dropping this in... Peter Jukes @peterjukes · 4h 4 hours ago Allegations here Rebekah Brooks held back information in order to pervert course of justice in @citizentommy trial http://tommyslawyer.co.uk/rebekah-brooks-conspired-pervert-course-justice-sheridan-trial/" onclick...
by Lonewolfie
Wed 12 Nov, 2014 11:09 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 12th November 2014
Replies: 182
Views: 56398

Re: Wednesday 12th November 2014

6% Unemployment rate? Someone want to tell Carney and the BoE? Is it time for this again? http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Pages/news/2013/096.aspx Something to happen when unemployment reaches 7% - surely the 'knockout' must be point 3 - I'm expecting an announcement any time (where's th...